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... There were a lot of stops along the way with scenic overlooks, hiking spots and restaurants. We had a German lunch of bread and sausage at the cafe next to Lake Mummelsee, and did a short 2 km hike on a trail leading to a waterfall. We got some really beautiful pictures, and thoroughly enjoyed seeing some ...

The second stop into the Black Forest region was the Maulbronn Abbey, a Monastery built sometime in the 1300s. The pamphlet we got mentioned it was over 800 years old, but I'm getting confused as some components were a little younger than that, like 600 years old. In any case, it was incredible. They had some descriptions of the masonry that was done to construct it. I just can't imagine the hard work ...

... a Folk Festival was happening. We wandered, and took in drink and food from the local food stalls, before heading to the castle where the 300 anniversary celebration of Karlsruhe is being presented until September 27th with a light show projected onto the entire side of the Castle to feature the rise of culture, science and technology with picture and music. Very impressive, lasting close to an ...

... heard, asking Alina in russian if she actually were from Russia! We were both so surprised about how she could have a clue. "Well, you made me a drawing when I was sad" was her response. So cool! She turned out to be a very sweet girl, and Alina got her contact information, and what will happen next is for the future to decide :) When we stepped out of the bus in Karlsruhe we were greeted by 15 shining pink flamingos, the train station were just besides ...

... the Heidelberg train station is no where near the Altstadt. So I ended up accidentally walking to Heidelberg University, which unlike Marburg, actually has a lot of of buildings on a campus. The Marburg campus appears to have been planned by having a map put on a wall with darts thrown at it to determine where academic buildings would be built. Fortunately, by this time the fog had at least cleared enough for me to see which direction I ...